This is the first of a two part commentary/story about Bluesman Vintage basses. Just a brief history, John Scott has been building guitars for a number of years and takes great joy in creating brand new "vintage" masterpieces. He and his team build great looking, great playing and great SOUNDING guitars and basses. I have personally owned 6 of them and can attest to the quality of his basses. Take a 60 year old design and recreate it with some slight improvements in sound and playability-this is what BMV has done. I have seen many people visiting John's shop compare a very vintage classic instrument with one of the new BMV basses. They end up leaving with the brand new Bluesman in tow. When I first found out about Bluesman, I had to investigate. Nashville, TN is known as a Fender town and many people come here to look for guitars. I came across a Bluesman bass at Corner Music(http://www.cornermusic.com) in Nashville and had to do a double take as I thought at first that it was a vintage Fender. I was intrigued. I found John Scott and started a conversation which in turn became two basses. As things go, John was looking for someone to help spread the word about his instruments and I was heavily interested and our relationship grew. Within the last three years, I have played probably 90% of what has been built. I have spec'd basses for friends and fellow players, which is quite exciting! As I write this, I am waiting on two custom spec'd basses to be completed-one a very special purple El Dorado model (which is reminiscent of a jazz bass) for my friend and fellow bass comrade Lisa, and the other a VERY black DeVille(like a P) with my custom setup including pickups for my friend Rodney.

I will explain my custom basses in Part 2. Here are some regular models that can be purchased from Bluesman Vintage. Check out the website at http://www.bluesmanvintage.com and tell John that I sent you!